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    JetBlue Flight 354 Diverts and Lands in Emergency

    jetBlueJetBlue flight 354 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Orlando International Airport, shortly before 11 a.m. on July 16.

    The incident happened when the plane, carrying 104 passengers, was en route from West Palm Beach International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport.

    Spokesperson of JetBlue, Tamara Young, confirmed the incident and said in statement that the decision for emergency landing was made after the pilot observed a ‘mechanical indication’ in the cockpit area.

    The statement further said, “The aircraft landed safely, without incident and taxied to the gate under its own power. The aircraft is currently being inspected.”

    A replacement plane was arranged for taking the passengers to their destination.

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    JetBlue Flight 597 Diverts to Minot due to Electrical Odor

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    JetBlue flight 597 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Minot, North Dakota, due to electrical odor.

    The plane was en route from Boston to Seattle on June 18, when the pilot reported an electrical odor and requested to make an emergency landing. The Airbus A320-200 was then diverted to Minot International Airport, where it made a safe emergency landing at about 9:50 a.m. All 126 passengers aboard remained unharmed.

    The JetBlue maintenance technicians examined and cleared the plane. After about 4:15 hours, the plane was able to continue its journey towards Seattle where it landed with a delay of 4.5 hours from its scheduled time.

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    JetBlue Flight 111 Returns to Logan for Emergency Landing

    jetBlue JetBlue flight 111 heading to Chicago O’Hare International Airport had to return and make an emergency landing at Logan International Airport due to bird strike.

    The incident happened shortly after the plane took off. The pilots then turned back towards Logan where they made an uneventful emergency landing at about 8 a.m. on May 27.

    Massport Spokesman Matthew Brelis said that a bird has been ingested into the engine of the plane. An analysis of the remains of bird will determine its species.

    All the passengers were evacuated, and JetBlue offered them other flight options to Chicago.

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    Mishaps of the day

    Some events that happened today:

    • December 16, 2013, on JetBlue Flight 836#N661JB, the Airbus A320 arrived at the gate at JFK airport, New York, and the left wing struck the jet bridge. There was only minor damage and no injuries reported.
    • In Farmington NY on December 17, 2013, a Piper PA28#N43080 engine caught fire when the plane started up. The fire was extinguished, with unknown damage.
    • December 16, 2013, a Lancair/235#N15TG landing at John’s Island Charleston SC, when the nose gear collapsed. Minor damage was reported.
    • December 16, 2013, a Cessna/172 #N421ER was taxiing when the wing struck a light pole. The accident occurred in Wickenburg Arizona. Minor damage was reported.
    • December 16, 2013, an experimental plane, a Zenith 601#N581SL crashed in Leakey Texas under unknown conditions.
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    Jet Blue Flight Pins Attendant

    On Nov 20, 2013, a JetBlue Embraer ERJ-190 to Boston from Fort Myers diverted to Orlando when an emergency slide emitted a loud bang, and deployed itself in the front galley of the plane.

    There were four crew aboard and seventy-three passengers aboard flight B6-1266 who set out for Boston and ended up in Orlando. Passengers were evacuated in Orlando and transferred to a plane that didn’t have an emergency slide in the front galley pinning a flight attendant to the wall.

    The flight attendant did not suffocate, but was assisted in freeing his head, apparently.

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    Jetblue Birdstrike

    On January 12, 2013, a Jetblue Airbus A320 was en route from New York to the Dominican Republic when they suffered a bird strike.

    The pilots returned to the airport where they made a safe landing with emergency services on standby. No injuries were reported among the 139 passengers.

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    @JetBlue #LoveforNoah Lights the World

    Too fast for Sunday delivery of USPS, UPS or Fed Ex.

    If you ask Victoria Haller which is the better airline, she’ll tell you it is JetBlue. That’s because she’s the aunt of Noah Pozner, one of the victims of the massacre in Newtown Connecticut; and when a friend tweeted airlines asking if one could get family letters to Connecticut in time for Noah’s funeral so family letters (including that of Victoria’s five year old son) could be buried with his cousin Noah, JetBlue stepped up. Jetblue called back and made it happen. The letters went from Aunt Victoria to JetBlue flight attendant Craig M. to flight attendants Trisha and Heather.

    The letters made it from Seattle to Connecticut in time for the 1 p.m. funeral.

    All of this was tracked on Twitter (search the hashtag #LoveforNoah), Huffington Post, MSN, UPN, Jspace, etc…

    It does the world good to hear of your kindness. When someone takes an extra step, goes beyond, it reminds us that businesses are not made of steel and ink and the bottom line; they are built of human beings. We are all human, and sometimes we are all we have. JetBlue is an example to us all. A simple act of kindness. A light in the darkness. Thank you.

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    Jet Blue Emergency Landing in Baltimore

    What: Jet Blue Flight 1327 Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Boston
    Where: Baltimore
    When: Dec 14 2012 7:17 pm
    Who: 84 passengers, 4 crew
    Why: THe Jet Blue plane made an emergency landing at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport after getting a mechanical alert.

    There was an odor in the cockpit.

    Emergency vehicles were standing by.

    Passengers were evacuated via emergency slide on to the tarmac. No injuries were reported.

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    Disruptive Jet Blue Passenger Facing Federal Indictment

    What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from New York to Los Angeles
    Where: Denver
    When: Aug 19 2012
    Who: one disorderly
    Why: On August 22, Marcus Covington was charged with abusive sexual contact and interference with flight crew members and attendants.

    The August 19 flight where the infraction occurred was en route from NY to LA. The Captain diverted to Denver after Covington groped a pregnant woman, argued with flight attendants, and was taken into custody by a special agent who was aboard the flight. Covington, who had been seen taking eight pills of some kind, accosted the pregnant woman near the restroom.

    The complaint says “He then ran his hands up the front of her body going from her crotch up to her breasts. He started with the back of his hands, but turned his hands with his palms facing her as he ran his hands over her breasts. She pushed him away and she got behind the flight attendant that had come up behind her. She then went into the lavatory where she remained crying for approximately five minutes.”

    Covington left the plane in handcuffs.

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    Lasered Jet Blue Pilot Hospitalized


    What: Jet Blue en route from Syracuse to NYC, Kennedy Airport
    Where: Long Island
    When: July 15, 2012
    Who: pilot
    Why: The flight was on approach to Kennedy when a laser struck the first officer in the eye. The jet made a safe landing, but the pilot suffered an eye injury. The green laser pointed directly into the cockpit and flashed twice when the jet was at 5,000 feet. First Officer Robert Pemberton was taken to Jamaica Hospital.

    The FBI and the FAA are investigating. The source appears to be from West Islip, Babylon or Lindenhurst.

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    Jet Blue Takes Rocky Road back to Vegas, Jetblue 194 crew superheroes


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    Contact photographer Nicholas Vollaro

    What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from Las Vegas to New York
    Where: Las Vegas
    When: June 17
    Who: 135 passengers
    Why: After taking off from Las Vegas, “yellow” hydraulics aboard the jet blue flight failed, leading the pilot to declare an emergency and return to the airport due to “mechanical indications.”

    Passengers were getting airsick due to the plane’s rocking locomotion, and described the flight as nightmarish.

    On landing, the plane was towed, as the steering was reported as inoperable.
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    Jet Blue Pilot Facing Hearing in Court

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    U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson issued e a ruling Friday in Amarillo judging suspended JetBlue pilot Clayton F. Osbon as mentally competent to stand trial on federal charges stemming from a March 27 in-flight incident that forced his co-pilot to divert a Las Vegas-bound jet to Amarillo’s airport. He has no trial date set. It should be noted that the ruling that he is currently competent does not mean he was mentally competent at the time of the incident, at which time he was incoherent, racing inside the cabin, yelling about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and pounding on the cockpit door

    What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from New York to Las Vegas
    Where: Amarillo
    When: March 27 2012
    Who: 1 medical emergency, 135 passengers, six crew
    Why: While en route, the pilot of the JetBlue Airbus suffered a panic attack. He was locked out of the cockpit and restrained, and another JetBlue pilot who was aboard assisted the first officer in the cockpit as they diverted to Amarillo and made a safe landing.

    In George’s Point of View


    JetBlue pilot Clayton F. Osbon was under the influence of medication when he was piloting that flight. It is too bad if we can not get this pilot medical help and at the same time put the medications on trial.

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    Fatal History of Jet Blue Airbus Captain

    Clayton Osbon is not the first Osbon to have cause to fear a plane. Osbon, the Jet Blue pilot who recently had an on-the-job meltdown (described as erratic, bizarre, disturbing behavior) while piloting an Airbus from New York to Las Vegas lost his father in a Daytona Beach plane crash in 1995. Maybe his father’s death had something to do with Osbon’s March 27 mid-flight breakdown. Osbon’s panic attack led to him being tackled outside the cockpit and handcuffed as the quick-thinking co-pilot Jason Dowd and another Jet Blue pilot who happened to be aboard diverted the flight to Amarillo.

    Before he left the cockpit, Captain Osbon, a captain since 1989, began ranting to Jason Dowd about Flight 191’s destination, threatening to crash the plane rather than fly into the den of iniquity that is Las Vegas.

    Osbon has been charged with interfering with the flight crew. He has been suspended from his job, and is charged with interfering with the flight crew. He faces 20 years (max) in prison and a $250,000 fine.

    Nothing in his history relates to his breakdown. Osbon is described by his friends and peers as a “consummate professional.” He is a war vet who is suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

    What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from New York to Las Vegas
    Where: Amarillo
    When: March 27 2012
    Who: 1 medical emergency, 135 passengers, six crew
    Why: While en route, the pilot of the JetBlue Airbus suffered a panic attack, and had to be locked out of the cabin and forcibly restrained.

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    Jetblue Pilot Breakdown over Amarillo Texas, Raw Video, Flight 191

    What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from New York to Las Vegas
    Where: Amarillo
    When: March 27 2012
    Who: 1 medical emergency, 135 passengers, six crew
    Why: While en route, the pilot of the JetBlue Airbus suffered a panic attack. He was locked out of the cockpit and restrained, and another JetBlue pilot who was aboard assisted the first officer in the cockpit as they diverted to Amarillo and made a safe landing.

    The pilot had walked to the back of the plane, and when he returned to the cockpit and found he was locked out, he began yelling “Let me in” and raving about a bomb.

    After landing in Amarillo, the captain was taken off the plane into an ambulance that sat on the tarmac for thirty minutes before he was taken to an Amarillo hospital.

    Jet Blue’s Official Statement


    “Flight 191 departed New York’s JFK airport at 7:28 am ET (was scheduled to depart 6:55 am ET). At roughly 10 am CT/11 am ET, the pilot in command elected to divert to Amarillo, TX for a medical situation involving the Captain. Another Captain, traveling off duty, entered the flight deck prior to landing at Amarillo, and took over the duties of the ill crewmember once on the ground. The aircraft arrived Amarillo at 10:11 am CT, and the crewmember was removed from the aircraft and taken to a local medical facility.

    Customers remain on board at this time. JetBlue is working with local authorities and airport officials for the safe deplaning of the aircraft and will send a new aircraft to continue the flight to LAS.”

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    Jet Blue Attendant encounters Florida Turbulence


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    Contact photographer Jens Breuer

    What: Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Westchester County,NY to Orlando,FL
    Where: Orlando
    When: Jan 24th 2012
    Who: 1 injury
    Why: The flight encountered turbulence which injured a flight attendant. On approach to Orlando, ATC was informed of the injured crew member.

    On landing, the attendant was met by rescue services. The extent of injury was not released.

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    Jet Blue Says They’re Sorry.

    After holding passengers on the tarmac for seven hours, Jet Blue says that “…you deserve better and we expect better from our crewmembers and our operation. We can only earn your loyalty and trust one flight at a time and we ask you to give us a second chance. ”

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    Jet Blue Diverts to Ft. Lauderdale

    What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from Ponce Puerto Rico to Orlando,FL
    Where: Ft. Lauderdale
    When: Oct 28th 2011
    Who: 1 sick passenger
    Why: Because of a sick passenger suffering seizures aboard the flight, the pilot diverted to Fort Lauderdale. On approach to the airport, the crew found hydraulic issues, and descended with little rudder control (due to the hydraulic issues.)

    The flight made a safe landing.

    Medical services was awaiting the passenger, who was transported to the hospital, after the safe landing.

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    Connecticut Travel Nightmare


    Six Jet Blue flights (and seventeen other flights) diverted to Bradley International Airport. Three of Jet Blue’s flights got stuck there for hours but at least some of them managed to wait IN the airport. To top off the handicap of area power outages, Jet Blue ran out of bottled water and snacks. The power outages stranded some passengers who were unable to book rooms; they were sleeping everywhere, on cots in the terminal, and the toilets backed up. Some of the luggage that should have gone to Bradley ended up at JFK. Flights were backed up as they were waiting to refuel, de-ice, etc.

    Jet Blue flight 504 landed at 1:30 pm with 123 passengers–Passengers sat on the Tarmac for over seven hours. The planes doors were not opened until 9:00 pm. Three hours is the max allowable; the FAA may fine Jetblue $27500 per passenger as a violation of the Airline passengers bill of rights.

    Captain Thompson praised Air Traffic Control and expressed disappointment in Jet Blue.

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    Boston Turbulence Leads to Rocky Trip, Terrified passengers

    What: JetBlue Airbus 319 en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Boston
    Where: Boston Logan International Airport
    Who: 130 passengers and five crew members

    What: Lufthansa Flight 429, which was traveling from North Carolina to Munich, Germany
    Where: Boston Logan International Airport
    Who: 245 passengers and 18 crew

    The Jetblue flight, which arrived early, was en route when it encountered turbulence severe enough to injure 9 aboard with an assortment of neck and back injuries.

    The Lufthansa flight had to land at Logan due to a turbulence encounter that injured 11 passengers on that flight.

    The turbulence was severe enough that many aboard bumped their heads on the ceiling of the plane. Several people were treated for injuries but no one was hospitalized.

    Passengers aboard both flights describe the trip as terrifying. They were certain they were going to crash.

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    Jet Blue Emergency Landing in Fort Lauderdale


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    Contact photographer Jens Breuer

    What: Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Fort Lauderdale to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
    Where: Fort Lauderdale
    When: Aug 29th 2011
    Why: After takeoff, the plane lost cabin pressure.

    Although they did not declare emergency, the crew did alert ATC, and descended to a safe altitude before returning to the Fort Lauderdale airport.

    Passengers were provided an alternative flight with an alternative jet flown in.

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    Jet Blue Hydraulic Failure over Orlando


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    What: Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Stewart International Airport, Windsor ,NY to Orlando,FL
    Where: Orlando
    When: Aug 23rd 2011
    Who: 95 aboard
    Why: While en route, a hydraulic system failed.

    With brake failure pending prior to landing, the crew requested emergency services, which was on standby as the Jet landed in Orlando.

    The flight made a safe landing, and was towed off the runway.

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    Emergency Landing in Long Beach CA


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    Contact photographer Daniel Arroyo

    What: JetBlue A320 en route from Salt Lake City to Long Beach
    Where: Long Beach Municipal Airport
    When: Aug 5th 2011
    Who: 147 passengers, 5 crew
    Why: On approach to Long Beach, the crew saw a hydraulics/ brake problem and aborted their first approach; instead of landing they burned off fuel, then made a safe landing (with an undescended wheel).

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    Jet Blue Emergency Landing In Bermuda

    What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from Boston to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
    Where: Bermuda
    When: Jul 13th 2011
    Who: 129 passengers
    Why: While en route NW of Bermuda, the plane indicated smoke in the electronic bay, and did a flyby for emergency services to view the right side of the plane. There was no visible smoke.

    The pilot diverted to Bermuda and made a safe landing. The plane underwent an inspection prior to leaving for Punta Cana.

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    Turbulence Over Burlington Injures Jetblue Flight Attendants


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    Contact photographer Alejandro Torres

    What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from New York to Burlington,VT
    Where: Burlington
    When: Feb 19th 2011
    Who: 2 injured
    Why: On approach to Burlington, the plane encountered severe turbulence, which injured two flight attendants. The pilot continued, to make a safe landing in Burlington. Both attendants were hospitalized, one with bruises, and one with broken ribs.